25 degrees ???

Here if it's not below freezing it's really not far off.

I did manage to get out this morning - to the bank .

So you are

Lucky man

Enjoy the new toy

That happened to me in the Apple Store in NewYork last year - and I'd told them beforehand EXACTLY what I was buying and when [ meaning the date ] Nationwide didn't contact me either Fortunately I had 2 other cards with me .

Security is all very well - but sometimes they just DO NOT LISTEN to you

By the 'eck I will .

I've seen enough and despite all the snow removal I've been doing [ resulting in a very sore back and 2 exceedingly sore arms ] I still can't get my car out of the garage !!

The road outside my house is kept gritted and salted - so it's fine - I just can't get to it

Snow anyone ? - free to the first person to organise its collection

It's the snow - it's the wrong variety

Or it's the diesel in the van - someone forgot to put winter diesel in - so there's waxing

or the driver is frozen 'cos he's caught up in a HUGE traffic jam that's not moving

Come on folks - it's winter - we were caught out [ as usual ] and everything grinds to a halt

I've suggested he phones them - all we can do is keep fingers crossed - of course if it had arrived when it should have done there wouldn't be a problem

Oh boy - and my little Gem has still not reached it's new owner

SRS sent the new lens on Monday and Parcel Force delivered it on Tuesday.

I sent the 40mmLtd to [ hmmm better not say to whom ] on Monday - it went Special Delivery so it should have been there on Tuesday - but it wasn't . New owner working late on Wednesday [ when I was told it had reached it's destination ] so he couldn't get it . Today the poor soul has gone down with a tummy upset and is not fit to go and get it - and possibly won't be fit tomorrow either .

Ain't life wonderful

I'll go back to age 6 in 1947 when we were in Yorkshire and my father carried me to School - the snow was above his wellies so I would have sunk almost without trace

Since then - well in January I seemed to have 2 ins of ice everywhere .

Today I've managed to keep things a bit better - and there's even some sun today so with all the granular salt I'm putting down on the wet ground , I'm keeping the ice at bay.

About to garb up and go and attack some of the stuff I couldn't clear yesterday

What fun